June 16, 2010
In the latest events completed in the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas a slew of aces fell in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better World Championship, whilst Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan are still chasing elusive bracelets; Hellmuth to enter the record books with a 12th piece of jewellery, and Dwan […]
June 16, 2010
Four youths from Berlin’s Turkish and Arab neighbourhoods pleaded guilty to robbery and assault charges in a German juvenile court on Monday. The charges arise from a widely publicised violent robbery at a major Berlin hotel during a live poker tournament (see previous reports). However, the quartet’s pleas did not give any indication of the […]
June 16, 2010
Day 19 saw another action-packed session at the 41st World Series of Poker as new bracelets were won and fresh events kicked off, with UK player James Dempsey narrowly missing his second bracelet and serial side better Tom Dwan still hunting for his first. By the completion of Day 3 play around 9pm Vegas time […]
June 15, 2010
After holding the chip lead for much of the Ladies Championship event at the World Series of Poker, many thought that La Sengphet would emerge as the winner, but as so often happens in the peaks and valleys of the game she was able only to muster a seventh placing as Vanessa Hellebuyk swept to […]
June 13, 2010
Eric Buchman and Jason DeWitt are the latest players to claim WSOP gold bracelets as the world’s biggest poker tournament ends its 15th day. In the $5 000 buy-in NLHE (event number 17) the last 18 players from a field of 792 returned to the tables to decide who would win the big money. Jason […]
June 13, 2010
The increasingly bitter litigation between Harrah’s Entertainment and Everest Poker, an online poker provider, went up another gear this week on the news that Everest has launched further legal action for an alleged infringement of its trademark. The Las Vegas Sun reported that the complaint centres on Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment’s use of the Everest Poker […]
June 13, 2010
The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians may be preparing the way for a sortie into the online poker sector, worth billions in revenues from keen Californian poker players, reports The Desert Sun newspaper The Fantasy Springs Resort Casino owned by the tribe has apparently been promoting a new “Free Video Poker” on its website, which […]
June 13, 2010
David “Bakes” Baker (23) has taken the honours in event 19 at the World Series of Poker – the $10,000 buy-in 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship – after a tough three days against some of the best players in the business. The final table included pros of the calibre of John Juanda, Erik Seidel and Eric […]
June 11, 2010
The big names in international poker were out in force for three of the events currently nearing completion at the Rio in Las Vegas. In event 17, the $5 000 NLHE competition, 18 players kicked off Day 3 play after surviving an initial field of 792 players. Leading the chip counts was Jason DeWitt, chased […]
June 10, 2010
The agreement between Denmark’s state gambling company Danske Spil and online gambling giant PartyGaming signed in January this (2010) year (see previous reports) may have been temporarily derailed by a ruling from the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement following a complaint by rival industry company Playtech. Announcing the deal back in mid-January, Party Gaming […]